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No. We do not recommend you go vegan by adopting a vegetarian diet first
for many reasons.

There is no moral difference between flesh and other animal
products such as dairy:

Female cows used for dairy get slaughtered for their flesh so continuing
to consume dairy is arbitrary and means you are still directly supporting
animal slaughter.

Male calves will not produce milk so they are worthless to the dairy
industry so they are removed from their mothers so they do not consume their
motherís milk and slaughtered for their flesh (veal). The dairy industry is
the veal industry.

Female calves are removed from their mothers so they do not consume their
motherís milk and raised to become a cow used for dairy or slaughtered for
their flesh.

There is no moral difference whatsoever between flesh and other
animal products such as eggs:

Female chickens used for eggs get slaughtered for their flesh so
continuing to consume eggs is arbitrary and means you are still directly
supporting animal slaughter.

Male chicks will not lay eggs so they are worthless to the egg industry.
They are of a breed that is not profitable to raise for flesh so they are
ground up or suffocated shortly after hatching.

Many people who adopt a vegetarian diet actually increase their
consumption of dairy and eggs to compensate for their nonconsumption of
flesh.

Why learn vegetarian meals only to have to later learn vegan
meals? By adopting a vegetarian diet, you deprive yourself of the joy of
learning and eating vegan meals.

Veganism is not a diet so conflating veganism with adopting a vegetarian
diet means we have misunderstood veganism.

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